Part 5 Birds #1

Rainbow Pitta

Pitta iris - one of the species hoped for, difficult to locate and photograph.

Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5776

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Orange-footed Scrubfowl Nest

These nests can be as much as 39 feet across by 16.5 feet tall.

Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#3510

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Shining Flycatcher male

Myiagra alecto - poor record photo.

Howard Springs Nature Reserve, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5785

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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii - the red is mostly seen in flight.

Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5790

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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5793

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Caspian Terns & Great Knots

Hydroprogne caspia & Calidris tenuirostris - adult and juvenile Terns and four Great Knots on the right.

Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5803

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Great Knots & Caspian Tern

Calidris tenuirostris & Hydroprogne caspia

Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5806

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Silver Gulls

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae - preening.

Sunset Park, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5810

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Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5816

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Red-headed Myzomela male

Myzomela erythrocephala

Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5837

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Green-backed Gerygone

Gerygone chloronota

Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5854

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Rainbow Bee-eater female

Merops ornatus

Buffalo Creek, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

2022-08-18#5873

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